Living in sync with Nature.

Living in sync with Nature.
“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction”
E. O. Wilson
Our forefathers lived in alignment with Nature. They knew and understood her rhythms. It’s 
because of this, life was smoother, easier. Both Nature and man are made up of the five 
elements: Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Ether. So we are essentially one with Nature.
Sadly most of us have forgotten this art. This has resulted in immeasurable suffering and 
rare illnesses. Stress and inflammation levels in humans has escalated. It’s imperative that 
we get back in sync with Nature.
Every race had their own rituals and traditions for honouring and acknowledging the 
changes in Nature. Most of us are familiar with our rich Indian lunar months. Today I would 
like to share the Celtic traditions of living with their practices for honouring the dignity of 
Nature. The Celtic were the people of North western Europe. The early Celts were able to 
see the beautiful presence of the Divine in a relationship with Nature that stressed humility, 
dignity of all things, and God’s presence in and through all of Creation. They communed 
with Nature. They offer a way to reacquaint ourselves with who we really are and who we 
can always become.
This is best achieved by understanding the Wheel of the year. The Wheel of the Year is a 
symbol of the eight religious festivals which includes four solar festivals :Winter Solstice, 
Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox and four seasonal festivals : celebrating or 
marking a significant seasonal change. 
The wheel includes the following holy days; Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, 
Lughnasadh and Mabon.
The Spring Equinox (Northern Hemisphere) was celebrated on the 20th of March. (Autumn 
Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.) At the equinox, Earth’s two hemispheres receive the 
sun’s rays equally. Night and day are said to be equal in length. In fact, the 
word equinox comes from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night).
In the Northern Hemisphere, the March equinox brings earlier sunrises, later sunsets, softer 
winds and sprouting plants. The opposite season arises in the Southern Hemisphere – later 
sunrises, earlier sunsets, chillier winds, dry and falling leaves. The equinoxes and solstices 
are caused by Earth’s tilt on its axis and ceaseless motion in orbit. 
This is a time to observe balance in our lives. To see where we are unbalanced and move 
towards more balance. Thus these festivals serve as crucial times for transformation. The

Spring equinox heralds the arrival of Spring. So the festival of Ostara is celebrated. Ostara is 
the Celtic Spring Goddess. It’s a time of new beginnings. Time to sow new seeds.
Ostara was observed through feasts and celebrations involving coloured eggs, rabbits, 
chicks, and flowers all symbolizing new birth, renewal, new possibilities, fertility and 
abundance. Even though the tragedy of the Ukraine war instils fear and gloom, nature offers 
us new hope and aspirations at this time. 
When we live in sync with Nature we begin to feel that the Universe works for us not 
against us.
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society 
where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but 
Nature more.
Lord Byron